The Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne calls Steven Drozd departure ‘sad,’ ‘infuriating’

Wednesday, December 24, 2025 at 10:33 AM

The Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne has shared a statement on the departure of multi-instrumentalist Steven Drozd. Drozd, who joined the band in 1991 and was the longest-tenured Lips member aside from Coyne, seemed to confirm he left the group in a since-deleted social media [...]

The Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne has shared a statement on the departure of multi-instrumentalist Steven Drozd.

Drozd, who joined the band in 1991 and was the longest-tenured Lips member aside from Coyne, seemed to confirm he left the group in a since-deleted social media post. The post, captured by Stereogum, read, "They're done with me."

However, in his statement, Coyne claims, "For anybody who read [Drozd's] post about the reason he is no longer in the Flaming Lips ... I can say that is absolutely not true."

"The reason he left is sad , and infuriating," Coyne writes in an Instagram post. "It is HIS responsibility to tell everyone what happened... what he told everyone was a lie."

"I was trying to give him ( Steven ) his own space and time to let everyone know what REALLY happened," Coyne continues. "I will post more in just a few days."

The Flaming Lips will wrap up 2025 with a New Year's Eve show in Washington, D.C.

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